Rome Fiumicino Airport

Rome–Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Roma–Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci"; IATA: FCO, ICAO: LIRF), commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Rome. It is the busiest airport in the country, the 9th busiest airport in Europe and the world's 46th-busiest airport with over 40.5 million passengers served in 2023.^[2] It covers an area of 16 square kilometres (6.2 sq mi).^[3]

Rome–Fiumicino International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" Aeroporto Internazionale di Roma–Fiumicino "Leonardo da Vinci"
IATA: FCO ICAO: LIRF WMO: 16242
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Mundys
Operator	Aeroporti di Roma
Serves	Rome metropolitan area / Vatican City
Location	Fiumicino, Lazio, Italy
Opened	Operational: 20 August 1960; 63 years ago (1960-08-20) Official: 15 January 1961; 63 years ago (1961-01-15)
Hub for	ITA Airways Poste Air Cargo
Operating base for	Neos Ryanair Vueling Wizz Air
Elevation AMSL	15 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	41°48′01″N 012°14′20″E / 41.80028°N 12.23889°E / 41.80028; 12.23889
Website	www.adr.it/web/aeroporti-di-roma-en
Maps
Airport map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 07/25 3,800 12,467 Asphalt 16R/34L 3,900 12,795 Asphalt 16L/34R 3,900 12,795 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers 40 545 240 Passenger change 22–23 38.1% Aircraft movement 266,489 Movements change 22–23 25.4% Cargo (tons) 25,862,550 Cargo change 22–23 33.2%
Source:^[1]

Rome-Fiumicino Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" serves as the principal hub for ITA Airways, the Italian flag carrier and the largest airline in the country. It was previously the hub of Alitalia, the defunct Italian flag carrier. It is also a focus city for several other airlines, such as Neos, Aeroitalia, Ryanair, Vueling and Wizz Air.

Opened in 1961, it is in Fiumicino 30 km (18,64 mi) south of Rome and is named for Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Reproductions of some of his most famous works and inventions are on display inside the airport.

As of 2022, it has won the "Best Airport Award" in the category of hubs with over 40 million passengers, issued by Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, for three years in a row.^[4]

History

Early years

 

Check-in hall at Fiumicino in 1964.

During construction, the remains of some Roman ships were found.^[5]

The airport was officially opened on 15 January 1961, with two runways, replacing the smaller Rome Ciampino Airport, which remains in service for some low-cost airlines as well as domestic and charter operations. Despite being officially opened in 1961, Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport had actually been in use since 20 August 1960. This was to help relieve air traffic that was congesting Rome Ciampino Airport during the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[6]

During the 1960s, former home-based Alitalia invested heavily in the new airport, building hangars and maintenance centres; in the same period a third runway was added (16L/34R).

Later development

Security Services transferred from the Polizia di Stato (Italian State Police) to Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. in 2000. Aeroporti di Roma created ADR Security S.r.l. (100%-owned) to provide these services as well as security services to airlines (in competition with other security companies such as IVRI). Airport Security is supervised by Polizia di Stato, Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs Police), Italian Civil Aviation Authority and Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A..^{[citation needed]} Ground handling services were provided by Aeroporti di Roma until 1999, when it created Aeroporti di Roma Handling (to serve all airlines except for Alitalia, which continued to be handled by Aeroporti di Roma itself). Alitalia provided passenger assistance even before 1999. In 2001, Alitalia created "Alitalia Airport" and started providing ground handling for itself and other airlines. Aeroporti di Roma Handling remains the biggest handler in terms of airlines handled, but Alitalia Airport is the biggest handler in terms of airplanes handled as Alitalia aircraft account for 50% of the ones at Fiumicino. In May 2006, Italy's Civil Aviation Authority announced that it took off the limitation of 3 ramp handlers in Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport. ARE Group and Aviapartner announced that they would create a company called Aviapartner (51% Aviapartner; 49% ARE Group) to serve Milan Malpensa and Rome Leonardo da Vinci.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2005, the airport operates a category III B instrument landing system (ILS). Further improvement work was implemented in 2007 to enable the airport to handle 30 takeoffs/landings per hour, up from 10, in the event of thick fog. Three runways presently operate at Leonardo da Vinci airport: 16L/34R and 16R/34L (separated by a distance of 4,000 m (13,000 ft)), and 07/25, used only westwards for takeoffs owing to the prevailing winds. The airport used to have a fourth runway, 16C/34C which was located alongside 16L/34R, it was mostly used as a taxiway or as a backup for 16L/34R; the runway is now designated as Taxiway "D".^[7]

In 2010, the new single baggage handling system for more efficient luggage delivery began operations.

Several projects are planned. These include the construction of an environmentally-friendly cogeneration system, which would allow the airport to produce its own energy; the "Masterplan Fiumicino Nord", involving four new terminals and two new runways to be built in the future handling 100 million passengers per year.^{[citation needed]}

Terminals

 

Rome Fiumicino Airport

Overview

 

Terminal 1, Rome–Fiumicino International Airport

As of 2021, after major expansion and refurbishment works, the airport now features two terminals:

• Terminal 1 (Gates A1–A83)^[8] home base to ITA Airways
• Terminal 3 (Gates E1–E52)^[8] is the largest terminal. It also incorporates the former Terminal 5 as well as the satellite building for non-Schengen departures. A new central airside hall has been built as its middle part in recent years.

Development

The terminals were upgraded during the 1990s and 2000s.^{[9][unreliable source?]} In 1991, the domestic Pier A with 12 gates opened, followed in 1995 by the international Pier B with 10 gates and in 1999 by the international Satellite C with 14 gates. In 2000, the new domestic Terminal A opened, and the terminal buildings, then consisting of Terminal A (with Pier A), Terminal AA, Terminal B (with Pier B) and Terminal C (with Satellite C), were reorganized.

The dedicated Cargo City terminal was added in 2004, while the check-in counters for Northwest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Continental Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, American Airlines and El Al in Terminal 5 opened in 2008, with passengers then being bused to what was then called Satellite C.

In 2009, the terminals were renamed – A was renamed T1, AA was renamed T2, B and C became T3, and T5 stayed the same.

In January 2017, Terminal 5 was closed for renovations; a new central airside hall is currently being built in the middle section. The former Terminal 2 closed permanently on 15 December 2017 to make way for the north-west expansion of Terminal 1. A new three-storey boarding and waiting area, as well as a new Pier A with 13 boarding and 10 remote gates, have been built.^[10][11]

From 17 March 2020 to 6 August 2021, Terminal 1 has been closed due to decreased passenger traffic amidst the COVID-19 pandemic;^[12] this pause was used to perform a redesign of the main hall layout, which increased the available passenger space.^[10]

Future plans include a new Terminal 4, expansion of runways, and new buildings for car parking, services, and airport facilities.^[13]

SkyBridge

An automated people mover (APM) called SkyBridge (Innovia APM 100) opened in 1999 along with the Satellite C. It consists of two stations, one on the third floor of Terminal 3, and the other on the second floor of gate area E31–44. This shuttle train is the only means of transport for passengers between the two sections of the terminal. The westbound service, from T3 to Gates E31–44, is for departing passengers only, while the eastbound service is for arriving passengers only. Arriving passengers are not permitted to take the train back, as they need to pass through a transfer security checkpoint to re-enter the departure area. Likewise, departing passengers are not permitted to take the train back to Terminal 3.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled, seasonal and charter flights to and from Fiumicino:^[14]

Airlines	Destinations	Refs
Aegean Airlines	Athens, Thessaloniki	^[15]
Aer Lingus	Dublin
AeroItalia	Alghero, Bacău, Bergamo, Bucharest–Otopeni, Catania, Comiso, Olbia, Palermo	^[16] ^[17]
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Buenos Aires–Ezeiza
Aeroméxico	Mexico City	^[18]
Air Algérie	Algiers
Air Cairo	Sharm El Sheikh Seasonal: Luxor	^[19]
Air Canada	Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air China	Beijing–Capital, Hangzhou	^[20]
Air Corsica	Seasonal: Ajaccio, Bastia	^[21]
Air Europa	Madrid
Air France	Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Air Mauritius	Seasonal: Mauritius (resumes 16 October 2024)	^[22]
Air Montenegro	Podgorica	^[23]
Air Mountain	Seasonal: Sion
Air Serbia	Belgrade
Air Transat	Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson	^[24]
airBaltic	Riga
American Airlines	Dallas/Fort Worth, Philadelphia Seasonal: Charlotte, Chicago–O'Hare, New York–JFK
AnadoluJet	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen	^[25]
Arkia	Tel Aviv	^[26]
Asiana Airlines	Seoul–Incheon
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Dhaka	^[27]
Bluebird Airways	Tel Aviv	^[28]
British Airways	London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Bulgaria Air	Sofia
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong (suspended)
China Airlines	Taipei–Taoyuan	^[29]
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai–Pudong, Wenzhou	^[30]
China Southern Airlines	Guangzhou
Croatia Airlines	Split, Zagreb Seasonal: Dubrovnik
Cyprus Airlines	Larnaca	^[31]
Dan Air	Bacău	^[32]
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, Boston, New York–JFK Seasonal: Detroit
easyJet	Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bristol, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Nantes, Nice, Paris–Orly
Egyptair	Cairo
El Al	Tel Aviv
Emirates	Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines	Addis Ababa	^[33]
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi	^[34]
Eurowings	Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Prague, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart Seasonal: Nuremberg (begins 15 May 2024)	^[35] ^[36]
Finnair	Helsinki
FlyOne	Chișinău
Gulf Air	Bahrain
Hainan Airlines	Chongqing, Shenzhen
HiSky	Chișinău	^[37]
Iberia	Madrid
Icelandair	Reykjavik–Keflavík
Iran Air	Tehran–Imam Khomeini
Israir Airlines	Seasonal: Tel Aviv	^[38]
ITA Airways	Accra (begins 5 June 2024),^[39] Alghero, Algiers, Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Bologna, Boston, Brindisi, Brussels, Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Cagliari, Cairo, Chicago–O'Hare, Catania, Dakar–Diass (begins 3 July 2024),^[39] Delhi, Florence, Frankfurt, Geneva, Genoa, Jeddah (begins 1 August 2024),^[40] Kuwait City (begins 5 June 2024),^[39] Lamezia Terme, London–City, London–Gatwick (begins 1 June 2024),^[41] Los Angeles, Madrid, Malta, Miami, Milan–Linate, Munich, Naples, New York–JFK, Nice, Palermo, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Reggio Calabria, Rio de Janeiro–Galeão, Riyadh (begins 5 May 2024),^[39] San Francisco, São Paulo–Guarulhos, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Tirana, Tokyo–Haneda, Toronto–Pearson (begins 10 May 2024),^[42] Trieste, Tunis, Turin, Venice, Washington–Dulles, Zürich Seasonal: Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Lampedusa, Malé, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Pantelleria, Rhodes, Split Charter: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Fort-de-France	^[43]^[44] ^[45]^[46]
Jet2.com	Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London–Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne	^[47] ^[48]
KLM	Amsterdam
KM Malta Airlines	Malta	^[49]
Korean Air	Seoul–Incheon
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait City
LATAM Brasil	São Paulo–Guarulhos
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw–Chopin, Warsaw–Radom	^[50]
Lufthansa	Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair	Luxembourg
MedSky Airways	Tripoli
Middle East Airlines	Beirut
Neos	Amritsar, Boa Vista, Cancún, Dakar–Diass, Havana, Malé, Marsa Alam, Mombasa, Sal, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife–South Seasonal: Djerba, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Ibiza, Karpathos, La Romana, Marsa Matruh, Mauritius, Menorca, Monastir, Mykonos, Nosy Be, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Salalah, Zanzibar	^[51]
Nile Air	Seasonal charter: Cairo, Luxor	^[52]
Norse Atlantic Airways	Seasonal: New York–JFK	^[53]^[54]
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Bergen
Pegasus Airlines	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen
Qantas	Seasonal: Perth, Sydney	^[55]
Qatar Airways	Doha	^[56]
Royal Air Maroc	Casablanca
Royal Jordanian	Amman–Queen Alia	^[57]
Ryanair	Alicante, Asturias, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Beauvais, Berlin, Brindisi, Brussels, Catania, Cologne/Bonn, Copenhagen, Cork, Dublin, Eindhoven, Faro, Gdańsk, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Hahn, Katowice, Lisbon, Madrid, Málaga, Marseille, Memmingen, Palermo, Poznań, Prague, Riga, Santander, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Toulouse, Trapani, Valencia, Vienna, Vilnius, Wrocław, Zagreb Seasonal: Billund, Chania, Dubrovnik,^[58] Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca, Preveza, Santorini, Skiathos, Split, Zakynthos	^[59]^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]^[64]
Saudia	Jeddah, Riyadh
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Oslo
Sichuan Airlines	Chengdu–Tianfu	^[65]
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	^[66]
Sky Alps	Ancona, Crotone, Cuneo, Verona, Seasonal Mostar (begins 2 May 2024)	^[67]^[68]^[69]
Sky Express	Athens	^[70]
SpiceJet	Seasonal: Amritsar	^[71]
SunExpress	Seasonal: İzmir (begins 4 June 2024)	^[72]
Swiss International Air Lines	Zürich
TAP Air Portugal	Lisbon
TAROM	Bucharest–Otopeni
Thai Airways International	Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (suspended)
Transavia	Nantes, Paris–Orly, Rotterdam/The Hague Seasonal: Montpellier
Tunisair	Tunis
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul
United Airlines	Newark, Washington–Dulles Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare, San Francisco
Uzbekistan Airways	Tashkent, Urgench	^[73]
Volotea	Bordeaux, Lille, Nantes, Olbia, Strasbourg Seasonal: Bilbao, Brest (begins 18 April 2024),^[74] Lourdes	^[75]^[76]
Vueling	Alicante, Barcelona, London–Gatwick, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Seville, Valencia Seasonal: Bilbao, Dubrovnik, Ibiza, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Santorini, Split	^[77]^[78]
WestJet	Seasonal: Calgary	^[79]
Wizz Air	Abu Dhabi, Alicante, Amman–Queen Alia, Baku, Barcelona, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Castellón, Chișinău, Cluj-Napoca, Dammam, Dortmund, Eindhoven, Funchal, Gdańsk, Giza, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Iași, Jeddah, Kraków, Larnaca, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Memmingen, Nice, Paris–Orly, Porto, Prague, Reykjavik–Keflavík, Riyadh, Rzeszów, Seville, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia, Suceava, Tel Aviv, Tenerife–South, Tirana, Turku, Valencia, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Yerevan Seasonal: Corfu, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kos, Lampedusa, Marrakesh, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Skiathos, Split, Zakynthos	^[80]^[81]^[82] ^[83] ^[84]^[85]^[81]^[86]

Statistics

Graph

Annual passenger traffic on the two Rome airports. See Wikidata query.

Busiest domestic routes

Busiest domestic routes from/to Rome–Fiumicino (2022)^[87]

Rank	Rank (v. 2019)	Airport	Passengers (v. 2021)	Airline(s)
1		Catania, Sicily	1,540,957	ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
2		Palermo, Sicily	1,178,628	ITA Airways, Ryanair, Wizz Air
3		Cagliari, Sardinia	627,960	ITA Airways, Volotea
4		Milan-Linate, Lombardy	604,836	ITA Airways
5		Bari, Apulia	557,215	ITA Airways, Ryanair
6		Brindisi, Apulia	392,646	ITA Airways, Ryanair
7	6	Olbia, Sardinia	338,847	ITA Airways, Volotea
8	4	Alghero, Sardinia	248,187	ITA Airways, Volotea
9		Lamezia Terme, Calabria	242,423	ITA Airways
10	1	Genoa, Liguria	205,284	ITA Airways
11	4	Turin, Piedmont	198,326	ITA Airways
12	4	Venice, Veneto	179,227	ITA Airways
13	3	Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia	173,269	ITA Airways
14		Naples, Campania	92,161	ITA Airways
15		Trapani, Sicily	91,458	Ryanair
16	2	Reggio Calabria, Calabria	87,030	ITA Airways
17		Comiso, Sicily	83,724	Ryanair
18	3	Bologna, Emilia-Romagna	69,733	ITA Airways
19	2	Florence, Tuscany	51,190	ITA Airways
20		Cuneo, Piedmont	43,276	Ryanair

Busiest European routes

Busiest European Routes from/to Rome–Fiumicino (2020)^[87]

Rank	Rank (v. 2019)	Airport	Passengers	Airline(s)
1	1	Paris–Charles de Gaulle, France	343,498	Alitalia, Air France, Vueling
2	3	London–Heathrow, United Kingdom	304,734	Alitalia, British Airways
3	1	Amsterdam, Netherlands	291,981	Alitalia, KLM, easyJet, Vueling
4	1	Madrid, Spain	285,846	Air Europa, Alitalia, Iberia, Vueling
5	4	Barcelona, Spain	280,903	Alitalia, Ryanair, Vueling
6	4	Frankfurt am Main, Germany	199,163	Alitalia, Lufthansa
7	1	Brussels, Belgium	195,735	Alitalia, Brussels Airlines, Ryanair
8	1	Munich, Germany	185,466	Alitalia, Lufthansa, Vueling
9	2	Paris–Orly, France	160,911	easyJet, Vueling
10	4	London-Gatwick, United Kingdom	159,087	British Airways, easyJet, Vueling
11	2	Vienna, Austria	133,189	Eurowings, Laudamotion, Vueling, Wizz Air
12	1	Athens, Greece	122,705	Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, Ryanair, Sky Express
13	2	Zurich, Switzerland	117,235	Alitalia, Swiss International Air Lines
14		Lisbon, Portugal	107,604	TAP Portugal
15	2	Istanbul, Turkey	99,012	Turkish Airlines
16	2	Tirana, Albania	95,996	Alitalia, Air Albania
17	1	Luqa, Malta	93,910	Air Malta, Alitalia, Ryanair
18	1	Geneva, Switzerland	92,994	Alitalia, easyJet
19	7	Moscow–Sheremetyevo, Russia	91,833	Aeroflot, Alitalia
20	1	Nice, France	62,181	Alitalia, easyJet

Busiest intercontinental routes

Busiest intercontinental routes from/to Rome–Fiumicino (2020)^[87]

Rank	Rank (v. 2019)	Airport	Passengers	Airline(s)
1	1	New York–JFK, United States	134,482	Alitalia, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines
2	4	Doha, Qatar	126,289	Qatar Airways
3		Dubai-International, United Arab Emirates	106,347	Emirates
4	3	Tel Aviv, Israel	104,617	Alitalia, El Al, Vueling, Ryanair
5	6	Cairo, Egypt	83,948	Alitalia, EgyptAir
6	2	São Paulo–Guarulhos, Brazil	403,276	Alitalia, LATAM Brasil
7	5	Tunis, Tunisia	69,674	Alitalia, Tunisair
8		Buenos Aires–Ezeiza, Argentina	66,385	Aerolíneas Argentinas, Alitalia
9	2	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	372,266	Etihad Airways
10		Delhi, India	57,286	Air India, Alitalia
11	6	Seoul–Incheon, South Korea	52,712	Alitalia, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air
12	20	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	44,553	Ethiopian Airlines
13	1	Istanbul–Sabiha Gökçen, Turkey	35,947	Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines
14	10	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	33,114	Alitalia
15	5	Tokyo–Narita, Japan	32,986	Alitalia
16	6	Casablanca, Morocco	30,776	Royal Air Maroc
17	9	Miami, United States	29,494	Alitalia
18	15	Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Thailand	26,358	Thai Airways
19	11	Santiago, Chile	23,489	Alitalia
20	7	Atlanta, United States	22,002	Delta Air Lines

Ground transportation

 

Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station

 

Leonardo Express train at Roma Termini

 

Leonardo da Vinci airport welcome signboard from the A91 motorway

The main transport link with the airport is the railway network, from Fiumicino Aeroporto station. The railway opened in December 1989, with non-stop and several stopping services available.^[88]

Leonardo Express

Fiumicino Aeroporto railway station is served by the Leonardo Express train operated by Trenitalia, available at the airport terminal. It takes 30 minutes to get to Termini Station in the city center of Rome, with a non-stop trip that is provided every 15 minutes.^[89]

FL lines

Leonardo da Vinci airport is also connected to Rome by the FL1 line, a suburban commuter and rapid transit line. Departing every 15 minutes, stopping at all stations. The FL1 line does not stop at Termini station, connects the airport with the other main stations of Rome where it is possible to change to the metro network, Trastevere (Tram lines 3 and 8), Ostiense (Metro Piramide), Tuscolana (Metro Ponte Lungo) or Roma Tiburtina (Metro Tiburtina).^[90]

High-speed

The airport is also connected to the Italian high-speed network, the following connections depart from Fiumicino Aeroporto station:^[91]

• Frecciarossa (from 9 December 2018): which connects it to Venice via the national high-speed network with intermediate stops in Roma Termini, Roma Tiburtina, Firenze Santa Maria Novella, Bologna and Padua (frequency 2 pairs of trains per day).
• Frecciarossa (from 12 July 2022): which connects to Naples via the national high-speed network with intermediate stops in Napoli Afragola and Roma Termini.

Road

Leonardo da Vinci is about 35 km (22 mi) by car from Rome's historic city centre. The airport is served by the six-lane Autostrada A91 motorway and numerous buses (from the Cotral network), shuttle buses, car sharing and taxis.

Incidents and accidents

From the 1960s until the 1980s, the airport experienced significant aircraft hijackings as well as being the scene of two major terrorist attacks and the port of origin for an aircraft bombing in flight—some engendered by Palestinians as part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

• On 23 November 1964, TWA Flight 800, operated by a Boeing 707, had an engine catch fire during takeoff. 50 of the 73 passengers and crew on board were killed.
• On 17 December 1973, during the 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking, a Boeing 707-321B operating as Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) Flight 110 was attacked by Palestinian assailants. 30 passengers were killed when phosphorus bombs were thrown aboard the aircraft as it was preparing for departure.^[92] During the same incident a Lufthansa Boeing 737 (D-ABEY)^[93] was hijacked and landed at Athens, Damascus and finally in Kuwait. All remaining passengers and crew were then released.^[92] Two people died in the incident.^[93]
• In January 1973, a number of extremists planned to attack Prime Minister Golda Meir's plane at Fiumicino airport. They placed Strela missiles inside a number of vehicles at certain locations around the airport, but Italian and Israeli authorities were able to intercept them.^[94]
• On 19 November 1977, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 707-360C, a cargo flight, crashed after takeoff 0.5 km (0.3 m) W of FCO. The plane barely gained height after takeoff from runway 25, reaching a height of 7–8 meters, contacting treetops, and struck the ground 280 meters further on. All 5 occupants (3 crew, 2 passengers) were killed. Unconfirmed reports indicated the plane was overloaded.^[95]
• On 27 December 1985, during the Rome and Vienna airport attacks, assailants shot and killed 16 people and wounded 99 others at the check-in counter. Most perpetrators were shot by security and police officers.
• On 17 October 1988, Uganda Airlines Flight 775 from London Gatwick to Entebbe International Airport via Fiumicino, crashed short of the runway after two missed approaches. Twenty-six of the 45 passengers aboard, as well as all 7 crew members, died.
• On 2 February 2013, Alitalia Flight 1670, operated by a leased ATR 72, en route from Pisa International Airport to Rome, overran the runway during landing. Sixteen occupants were injured, two of them seriously.^[96][97][98] The aircraft was subsequently written off.
• On 8 June 2013, Wizz Air Flight 3141, an Airbus A320-232 (registration HA-LWM) from Bucharest – Henri Coandă Airport, Romania to Rome-Ciampino, Italy, made an emergency landing at Fiumicino Airport when the crew encountered problems lowering one of the main undercarriages and locking it into position. The aircraft diverted to Fiumicino because of the longer runway, and firefighters applied foam after landing as a precautionary measure. The aircraft was evacuated using slides. Initial reports of injured passengers were denied by both Wizz Air and Rome Fiumicino Airport, who said some passengers requested medical checkups but reported no injuries.^[99]
• On 29 September 2013 at 20:10, an Alitalia Airbus A320 flying from Madrid Barajas Airport to Rome Fiumicino Airport failed to deploy the landing gear during a storm on landing and the aircraft toppled, skidded off the runway, and crashed. Ten passengers suffered minor injuries, and all 151 passengers and crew were evacuated and taken to hospital.

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  Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport travel guide from Wikivoyage

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